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GAO Investigates Drugging Foster Kids
Dethgurl:
At the request of Congress, GAO is seeking information regarding cases in which state foster children have been prescribed psychotropic medication outside of federal regulations or accepted medical standards of practice.
These may include very young foster children prescribed certain kinds of psychotropic drugs, children prescribed psychotropic drugs in dosages that exceed accepted standards, children prescribed psychotropic drugs for purposes other than a medically accepted indication, or children taking numerous psychotropic drugs concurrently.
If you have information about state foster children being prescribed psychotropic medication outside of regulatory and/or medical guidance and are willing to provide details, please e-mail GAO at FosterKids@gao.gov.
Scott Clayton
Analyst, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2200
Dallas, TX 75201-6848
(214) 777-5721
(214) 777-5758 Fax
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Dethgurl" ---At the request of Congress, GAO is seeking information regarding cases in which state foster children have been prescribed psychotropic medication outside of federal regulations or accepted medical standards of practice.
These may include very young foster children prescribed certain kinds of psychotropic drugs, children prescribed psychotropic drugs in dosages that exceed accepted standards, children prescribed psychotropic drugs for purposes other than a medically accepted indication, or children taking numerous psychotropic drugs concurrently.
If you have information about state foster children being prescribed psychotropic medication outside of regulatory and/or medical guidance and are willing to provide details, please e-mail GAO at FosterKids@gao.gov.
Scott Clayton
Analyst, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2200
Dallas, TX 75201-6848
(214) 777-5721
(214) 777-5758 Fax
--- End quote ---
If a foster parent can show that one or more of their children is special needs then they will get more compensation from the state. The more screwed up the child is the more money they get. So there is an incentive to screw up the child with medication. Also if the child is on anything good then the foster parents can restrict it from the child and sell it or take it themselves.
Huge loop holes
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Dethgurl:
I agree, this happens all of the time.
The System has FAILED.
AuntieEm2:
I'm glad to hear this. The GAO investigations of abuse, maltreatment and death of teens in residential programs have been enormously helpful to advocates for protecting teens, and damning to the industry. The GAO has also documented the widespread use of deceptive marketing practices by the wildly profitable "troubled teen" industry, and the abuses and death caused by use of seclusion and restraint in such programs.
Here are some links:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08146t.pdf
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08713t.pdf
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09719t.pdf
The investigations led to passage of HR-911.
Auntie Em
seamus:
There is a documentary, called Generation RX, that somebody I know has on dvd, that covers a shitload of this and similar topics,mostly about drugging children. If I had alink Id post it. I solidly recomend watching this. :nods:
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